"Modern sports" were introduced to Asia in the late nineteenth century as an innovation from the West, concurrently with the development of modern society in Asia. This book traces the historical developments of sporting cultures in Asia in specific local contexts including Singapore, China, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Philippines, and India and their intersections with larger social developments of colonialism, postcolonialism, nationalism, and the building of modern Asia and its place in a globalized world. The case studies herein present the social history of modern team sports with...
"Modern sports" were introduced to Asia in the late nineteenth century as an innovation from the West, concurrently with the development of modern ...
